Chandana Sindhoora Kumkuma Bhooshani

(She who decorates herself with sandal , saffron and Kumkuma)

 

Ragam  :               Ragamalika                                                         Thalam    :            Adhi

Saramathi, Saranga, Ranjani, Amritha Varshini, Nata Kuranji, Lalith

 

Composed  by

 

Professor B. Ramamoorthy Rao

 

Translated by

 

P.R.Ramachander

 

 

Saramathi

 

Chandana Sindhoora Kumkuma Bhooshani

Sringara kamakshi Palaya Maaam

Omkari Thripurari Sura Nagara Vasini

Durga Saraswathi Palaya Maam

 

Let the lovely Kamakshi  who decorates herself with

Sandal , red lead  and saffron  protect me,

Let her who chants “Om”, who is the enemy of Tripura,

Who lives in the city of devas, who is Durga as well as Saraswathi protect me.

 

Saranga

 

Karunakari Devi Sri Simha Vahini

Saranga Muni Deva Jana Palini

KunKuma Sama Pankeruha Lochani

Sri Kanchi Kamakshi Palaya Maam                                                                            (Chandana)

 

Let me be protected by the merciful goddess riding on a lion,

Who is praised by Sage Saranga and the devas,

Who has eyes which are like the l red lotus flower,

Which  colour is equal in  intensity  to the colour to saffron,

And who is Goddess Kamakshi presiding over Kanchi.

 

Ranjani

 

Madhavi Malini Kaidabha Bhanjani

Madhu Ripu Sodhari Thribuvana Ranjani

Manjula Bhashini Kunjara Gamani

Madhurai Meenakshi Palaya Maam                                                                         (Chandana)

 

Let her who is Madhavi , Malini, killer of Kaidabha,

Who is sister of the enemy  of Madhu the asura,

Who makes peace between the three worlds,

Who talks softly, who walks like an elephant,

And who is Meenakshi presiding over Madhurai , protect me.

 

 

Amritha Varshini

 

Sri Chakra Raja Simhasaneshvari

Sri Nagara Vasini Sri Vidya Roopini

Amruthodhbava Kanya Amritha Varshini

Raja Rajeshvari Palaya Maam                                                                                     (Chandana)

 

Let her who sits on the royal throne  in the centre of Sri Chakra,

Who lives in Sri Nagara, who is personification of  Sri Vidhya,

Who is the girl who rose along with nectar,

Who causes nectar to pour like rain,

 And who is Goddess who is  the  queen  of queens protect me.

 

Nata Kuranji

 

Bhava Nashini Devi Bhava Bhaya Harini

Nava Rathna Malini Shiva Shakthi Roopini

Manmatha Jananai Madha gaja gamani

Madha Hara Shiva Nata Kurinjeeshvari                                                   (Chandana)

 

Goddess who is the destroyer of birth cycle,

Who removes  the fear of birth and death,

Who wears  garland of nine types of gems,

Who is the combined form of Shiva and Shakthi,

Who is the mother of Manmatha, the god of love,

Who controls  elephants in rut, who is the Kurunjeeswari*,

And who destroys the pride of the dancing shiva.

     *Kurinji a plant which flowers once in 12 years in the Kodai hills.

 

Lalith

 

Bhuvaneshvari devi Palayamaam

Lalithambikey Devi Mookambikey

Shiva Shakthi Nava rathri Balambikey

Shankara Thoshini Kinkara Palini

Sri Krishna dasa Hridaya Nivasini                                                                                (Chandana)

 

Please protect me Oh goddess of the universe ,

Who is the mother Lalitha and the goddess Mookambika,

Who is the power behind Shiva ,

Who is mother Bala  during the holy nine nights,

Who satisfies Shankara, and protects her devotees,

And who lives in the heart of Sri Krishna Dasa.

 

Saranga

 

Durgambikey Devi Palayamam

Mookambikey Devi Lalithambikey

Madha Hara Shiva Nata Kuranjeeshwari

Amrutha Varshini Palayamam

Tribuvana Ranjani Palayamam

Sarangamuni devi Palayamam

Sakala veda saaramathi                                                                                                 (Chandana)

 

Please protect me , Oh mother Durga,

Who is the Goddess Mookambika and also  mother Lalitha,

And who is the Kurunjeeswari, who destroys the pride of the dancing shiva.

Please protect me Oh Goddess who showers nectar,

Please protect me goddess who satisfies the three worlds,

Please protect me Goddess of sage Saranga, and  who is the essence of all Vedas.